Category Archives: voting
“A.C.L.U.’s Own Arguments May Work Against It in Voting Rights Case”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column on Evenewel:
The American Civil Liberties Union weighed in last month on this term’s bigSupreme Court voting rights case, the one that will decide the meaning of “one person, one vote.” It took the… Continue reading
NAACP LDF Expresses Voting Rights Act Concerns in Alabama Voter ID DMV Closure Case
Letter:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”)1, on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, writes to raise our grave concerns regarding… Continue reading
“Student Leaders in Elections: A Case Study in Poll Worker Recruitment”
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee:
The Student Leaders in Elections report examines the program of the same name, run by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, to identify effective strategies and document the program’s impact. The Student Leaders in Elections Program… Continue reading
“New Report Released by National Commission on Voting Rights: More Work Needed to Improve Registration and Voting in the U.S.”
National Commission on Voting Rights:
Based on the testimony provided by hundreds of witnesses at 25 state and regional National Commission on Voting Rights hearings convened in 2013 and 2014, this national report highlights the voices of people impacted… Continue reading
“Bloomberg Law Brief: Voting Booth Selfies”
(Bloomberg) — Richard Hasen, Professor of Law and Politics at University of California – Irvine, and Timothy Zick, Professor of Law at William & Mary, discuss whether a law that bans taking selfies in the voting booth is unconstitutional. They… Continue reading
Please Unregister from Voting So Property Owners Can Vote
Bizarre story out of Missouri:
A mistake by representatives of the Business Loop 70 Community Improvement District means a sales tax increase the district needs to thrive will require approval by a single University of Missouri student.
On Feb. 28,… Continue reading
“Evenwel, Voting Power and Dual Districting”
Paul Edelman has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
With the noting of probable jurisdiction in Evenwel v Abbott it appears that the Supreme Court will finally make clear what “one person, one vote” is meant to… Continue reading
ACLU of Indiana Targets State Ballot Selfies Law
“Minnesota ballot selfies are debated but still legal”
“Political Flyer Circulated In Detroit Suburb: ‘Let’s Get The Blacks Out'”
With Trayvon Martin on the back. Nice touch, Klan.
“Selfies in Voting Booths Raise Legal Questions on Speech and Secrecy”
Erik Eckholm for the NYT:
On Aug. 11, in a 42-page opinion that reviewed the history of ballot secrecy and voter intimidation, Judge Paul Barbadoro of Federal District Court in Concord struck down the law.
The state provided no evidence… Continue reading
“We used to count black Americans as 3/5 of a person. For reparations, give them 5/3 of a vote.”
Theodore Johnson WaPo oped.
“The Voting Rights Act turns 50 today. Here are three trends in minority voting you should know about.”
Bernard Fraga for The Monkey Cage:
African Americans can (and do) vote at far higher rates than they did in the decade before the Voting Rights Act, according to the evidence. But Latino and Asian-American turnout remain so low that… Continue reading